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Get started3 Hotch Croft is a four-bedroom detached house in Cranfield, Bedford, Bedford (MK43 0BN). It has a recorded floor area of 112 m² (around 1206 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2019) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in February 2014 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good, hot-water efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84). Other recorded features include a balcony and a conservatory. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
Sale prices here have outpaced Bedford HPI: 6.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £487,000 is 28.2% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 21.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 112 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Sold August 2019 for £380,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2003.
Full: Erection of detached garage
Latest sale on 3 Hotch Croft was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£487,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 5 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 5 years.
Price per m²
£3,393
Street avg £3,103
Floor Area
112 m²
Street avg 102 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
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5 August 2019Most recent
£380,000
+35.7%over 5 years6 June 2014
£280,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in MK43 0BN: £233,500 (2022–2005).
CO₂ Emissions
4.1 t/year
Street avg 3.7 t/year
MK43 0EH
Vale Court — bus stop.
Closest school
1.1 km
Holywell School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB
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